Essays
Applying elite theory to the real world – rulers, ruled, crises, and decline, without the usual fairy tales.
Why the Few Always Rule
A straightforward explanation of Mosca's ruling class vs the ruled, and what that means for modern democracies.
The Democratic Illusion
How Michels' iron law of oligarchy quietly guts the idea of rule by the people.
The Cloak of Ideas
Political formulas, ideology and why elites always dress self-interest up as morality or science.
When the Mask Slips
Schmitt, emergencies, and how crises show you who actually decides.
Expanded Intelligence
Why Revolutions Are Made by Elites, Not Masses
Using Mosca, Pareto and modern cases to show that revolutions are organised takeovers by counter-elites, not spontaneous uprisings of "the people".
Pandemic as Blueprint: Emergency, Managers and Consent
How the COVID years demonstrated Schmitt's state of exception, the strength of the managerial class, and the ease of manufacturing consent.
High–Low vs Middle in Today's Culture War
Jouvenel's dynamic in practice: top institutions and marginal groups aligned against the independent middle.
From Aristocrats to Managers: The New Ruling Class
Burnham and Francis on how ownership gave way to control by experts, bureaucrats and technocrats.